Deadline: 15 September 2016
The Elsevier Foundation TWAS and OWSD are seeking nominations to reward and encourage women working and living in developing countries in the early stages of their scientific careers.
A total of five Awards are given annually to five women scientists at relatively early stages in their careers (up to ten years after receiving their PhD).
Subject Areas for 2017 awards are Engineering Sciences: Engineering, Innovation and Technology
Nominations are invited from senior academics, including OWSD members, TWAS Fellows, ICTP visiting scientists and staff, national science academies; national research council’s and heads of departments/universities both in developing and developed countries.
Award Information
Each winner receives a cash prize of USD 5,000 and an all-expenses-paid trip to attend the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting (the 2015 awardees in Biological Sciencs will travel to Washington D.C. in February 2016) Lasting 5 days, the event is packed with networking opportunities.
Eligibility Criteria
The nominee must be a female scientist; have received her PhD within the previous 10 years; and have lived and worked in one of the following developing countries during the three years immediately prior to the nomination:
- Latin America and the Caribbean: Belize, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname.
- East and South-East Asia and the Pacific: Bhutan, Cambodia, Indonesia, Kiribati, Korea DPR, Lao PDR, Mongolia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam.
- Arab region: Comoros Islands, Djibouti, Mauritania, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen.
- Central and South Asia: Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Nepal, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan.
- Sub-Saharan Africa: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo Dem. Rep., Congo Rep., Côte d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
How to Apply
Interested applicants should send their completed nomination forms at the address given on the website.
For more information, please visit Elsevier Foundation Awards.
